Sunrise in the NFC East: The Division's Top Links on July 2, 2012

As we start July, you'll notice a particularly pleasant trend for these links.

It seems as though every other article written about a player is predicting a breakout season.

There are four such pieces alone today and surely plenty to come between now and the start of the regular season, which is sadly still 65 days away.

Dallas Cowboys

Jared Allen thinks DeMarcus Ware could have a 25-sack season. Ware's response, via Jon Machota of the Dallas Morning News: "The sky's the limit." 

NFL.com's Brian McIntyre thinks Tyron Smith could become an elite left tackle in 2012. The only concern with regard to McIntyre is the fact that he hasn't played the left side very much in his life as a football player.

Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com looks at how an NFL team in Los Angeles might affect Dallas' training camp.

New York Giants

Tom Coughlin is merely happy he didn't bounce the ceremonial first pitch he tossed out at Yankee Stadium Saturday.

The Giants are partly the reason Mark Wahlberg can no longer watch the Super Bowl at home. Slow news day? Slow news day.

Philadelphia Eagles

Who'll have a better career, DeSean Jackson or Jeremy Maclin? Bob Ford and Marcus Hayes from Philly.com discuss.

Yahoo!'s Brad Evans thinks Maclin will have a breakout year in 2012. Not an unpopular opinion.

More optimism! Ron Jaworski thinks 2012 could be Michael Vick's best season yet.

If Vick can take what he did best in 2010 and combine it with the fundamentals and discipline he applied to 2011, that could indeed be the case. Maybe he just needed to adjust last season.

Washington Redskins

Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com says that while Brian Orakpo has one of the best contracts in football, DeAngelo Hall still has one of the worst.

John Keim of the Washington Examiner takes a closer look at undrafted-yet-loudly-hyped rookie cornerback Chase Minnifield.